The idea of the peace movement and of people who spent their entire lives trying to have a more egalitarian, just society, suddenly became swamped by the record industry, by the new rock and roll culture, and by the idea…

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When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to...

When you are accompanying someone, you are listening to them the way you listen to...

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored...

There are a lot of wonderful things created in our culture that have been ignored...

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the...

That is what I did with Jack, and that's why he liked to do the...

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all...

The Upper Bohemia people wore tuxedos in an art gallery, and Lower Bohemia was all...

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear...

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear...

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians...

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of...

Lawrence Ferlinghetti had a tremendous education as an artist and also an enormous knowledge of...

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower...

We met with the poet Frank O'Hara, who was a link between Upper and Lower...

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and...

That by listening to some music, by reading some books, by looking at paintings, and...

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms...

I was part of it, and I am still part of it today in terms...

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

The atmosphere was wide open in those circles that we traveled in.

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series...

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series...

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling...

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling...

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn...

Esquire, in a July, 1957 issue, has a photograph of me playing the French horn...

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer...

In jazz, you listen to what the bass player is doing and what the drummer...

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could...

Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could...

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an...

Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an...

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young...

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young...

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or...

That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or...